privacy news Privacy News - June 15 Facebook and anti-abortion clinics collecting data, new legislation to ban data brokers from selling location and health data, and more!
ADPPA Featured Federal privacy legislation: It'll be an interesting summer! (UPDATED) ADPPA, COPRA, HLDPA and more!
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Microsoft Shareholder Resolutions - Facial Recognition, Pay Equity, Sexual Harassment, and more Five excellent shareholder resolutions - and why they matter.
The King County Ban on governmental use of facial recognition advances! The King County Council Committee of the Whole voted 8-0 to advance ordinance 2021-0091, banning use of facial recognition by county government and administrative agencies – including by law enforcement. The final vote is expected on June 2.
It's time for King County to ban governmental use of facial recognition The King County Council votes this week on an ordinance to ban governmental use of facial recognition technology.
JEDII Tech News: May 7 Links, and occasional tweets, from around the web curated from The Nexus Today - an intermittent series Update, November 2021: most of the semi-regular "tech news roundups" I did in early 2021 are now hidden. This top story on this one, though, relates to the the Washington privacy
Comments on King County facial recognition ban From the May 5 King County Council "Committee of the Whole" meeting. I’m Jon Pincus, a technologist, entrepreneur, and long-time Bellevue resident. Following up on my comments from two weeks ago, I’d like to highlight a key difference between the proposed King County Ordinance 2021-
The Clock Ticks Down on the Bad Washington Privacy Act With less than a week left in the session, the stakes are high!
The Bad Washington Privacy Act: An Illusion of Rights And As Cher Would Say, "What a Monet" As Cher says in the 1995 movie Clueless, "It's like a painting, see? From far away, it's okay, but up close, it's a big old mess."
House Appropriations Testimony on SB 5062 - the snarky version This is the testimony I actually wound up giving at the hearing
Bad Bills Advance in the Senate: Washington Privacy Legislation Update SB 5010 was gutted, and SB 5062 hasn't improved.
JEDII Tech News: February 26 I've been working on longer posts, but now's a good time ime to get back to a more regular rhythm!
Going beyond 'The Social Dilemma': what you can do (and what they didn't discuss) Things you can do today -- and some topics the movie didn't cover.
Automated Decision Systems regulation advances, but no hearing yet on the People's Privacy Act: Washington state legislation update Washington privacy legislation update
SB 5026 Testimony for the Ways & Means Hearing An expanded version of what I said at the hearing, also submitted as written testimony.
The illusion of protection and SB 5062 (the Bad Washington Privacy Act) Just how good *is* the Bad Washington Privacy Act?
A good hearing on Automated Decision Systems, a bad privacy bill advances: Washington state legislation update An update on SB 5116, SB 5062, and Flights and Rights this Wednesday
Criticism and praise for at the hearing for SB 5062 (the Bad Washington Privacy Act) Most recent update: January 29 SB 5062's official title is Concerning the management, oversight, and use of data. It's generally referred to as the "Washington Privacy Act," but as Jennifer Lee of ACLU of Washington said in her testimony at the January 14 hearing,
The stakes are high: Washington state privacy, facial recognition, and automated decision systems legislation 2021 SB 5104, SB 5116, the People's Privacy Act, the Bad Washington Privacy Act, and more.
JEDII Tech Links - January 15 Apologies for missing a few days! Yesterday I testified at a state Senate hearing on SB 5062, the Bad Washington Privacy Act, and let things slide here as I prepared. As you can probably tell I'm still working on getting the right rhythm for the newsletter! Here'
New on The Nexus Today: Accountability, Impeachment, and Insurrection The Nexus Today is a news aggregator, highlighting interesting links from around the web on a variety of topics.
